Vulnerability is a notion discussed in feminist philosophy as a basis for a morality that
widens our sense of those whose deaths are grievable. Vulnerability and grievability also …

Although I self-identify as pro-choice, I do believe certain instances of abortion can be
classified as, in Judith Jarvis Thomson's words, indecent. This paper explores one such …

The substance view is an account of personhood that regards all human beings as
possessing instrinsic value and moral status equivalent to that of an adult human being …

Giubilini and Minerva argue that the permissibility of abortion entails the permissibility of
infanticide. Proponents of what we refer to as the Birth Strategy claim that there is a morally …

Alberto Giubilini and Francesco Minerva's recent infanticide proposal is predicated on their
personism and actualism. According to these related ideas, human beings achieve their …

A central claim in abortion ethics is what might be called the Harm Claim–the claim that
abortion harms the fetus. In this article, we put forward a simple and straightforward reason …

Missed Opportunities: Rethinking Catholic Tradition opens up a dialogue between the
official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and the challenges the contemporary world …

In this essay, I provide evidence that a new generation of prochoice advocates wishes to
move away from defending abortion rights via the view that fetal life has little or no value (for …

This paper defends and develops Elizabeth Harman's Actual Future Principle with a concept
called Schrödinger's Fetus. I argue that all early fetuses are Schrödinger's Fetuses: those …

Could it be that if a fetus is not a person abortion is still immoral? One affirmative answer
comes in the form of 'The Impairment Argument', which utilizes 'The Impairment Principle'to …